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Title: The story of the greatest nations, from the dawn of history to the twentieth century : a comprehensive history, founded upon the leading authorities, including a complete chronology of the world, and a pronouncing vocabulary of each nation
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Ellis, Edward Sylvester, 1840-1916 Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1870-1942
Subjects: World history
Publisher: New York : F.R. Niglutsch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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. The legend is that Brutus, watching in histent at night, saw a fearful apparition, which being addressed replied: I amthy evil spirit; thou shalt see me again at Philippi. When he and Cassiusencamped on an eminence, twelve miles east of Philippi, their forces numberedprobably 100,000 men. Those which Octavius and Antony brought againstthem were fewer, but in a better state of discipline. In the battle Brutus op-posed Octavius; Cassius, Antony. Octavius was ill, and at the first shock hisdivision yielded, but Antony was successful. Cassius fell back, and was leftalmost alone and unaware of the success of his colleague. Observing a bodyof horsemen approaching, he was panic-stricken, and, believing them the enemy,threw himself on the sword of a freedman and died. The messenger sent byBrutus with news of his triumph, arrived just a moment too late. It was adrawn battle, and each side withdrew, glad of a respite. Brutus found it difficult to hold his legions in hand, and, yielding to his
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Rome—Antony and Cleopatra 399 impatience, he renewed the battle twenty days later on the same field. The fightwas well contested, but the Caesarians under Octavius broke the ranks of theirenemies, and attacked them in their camp, Brutus held an anxious positionthroughout the night on a neighboring hill. When daylight came, his remain-ing men refused to renew the fight, and in despair he ended his life with hisown sword. The remnant of the shattered republican armies was carried offby the fleet which had attended their movements. The decisive victory having been gained, the victors made a new partitionof the spoils. Octavius took Spain and Numidia; Antony, Gaul beyond the:Alps; and Lepidus the province of Africa. But the division was hardly madewhen the possessors began to quarrel over it. Lepidus was feeble, and of suchinsignificance that his share was soon taken from him, after which nothing was.more certain than that Octavius and Antony would soon come to strife overtheir portions

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